You might remember a few weeks ago I headed to Austin, Texas for a food bloggers conference. I mentioned how in just three short days I ate my weight in delicious food. From taco trucks to hearty Texas barbecue to healthy & wholesome donuts. Scratch that, the donuts were everything but healthy & wholesome. BUT SO DANG GOOD. Everyone at the conference tweeted, instagrammed and facebooked (are the latter two words?) the heck out of the amazing donuts from Gourdough’s Donuts– a specialty donut shop, specializing in BIG. FAT. DONUTS (of course). In all kinds of crazy flavors. I got a sampling of the donuts at a Pic Monkey Pj Party Ashton threw.

(Side note, if you’re looking for a great post about what exactly food bloggers do, and why the heck we go to conferences like the one in Austin, read this post she shared!)

So today, a bunch of us bloggers that were there and experienced the taste of Gourdoughs, decided to re-make some our favorites and share them with you! I made their ODB’s. Cream filled donut holes, rolled in a vanilla bean glaze, and coated with shredded, sweetened coconut. Ohh yes!

These little babies are dangerous. And deceiving. Before you know it, you’ll have eaten over a dozen and hardly feel the damage. So you’ll pop a few more. Right? I’m not alone? I would have been better off eating just one regular donut. But that just ain’t happening here. Not with these.

These little ODB’s are hazardous. Deep fried to perfection, stuffed with amazing, thick cream filling, rolled in a vanilla bean glaze, and covered in sweetened coconut. Seriously you guys. You have to try them. If you don’t make them, get your booty to Texas and order some ODB’s at Gourdoughs.

They do take a little bit of work, but are actually pretty fun to make (and eat while you do it!). Brett rolled the dough into little balls and fried them, while I made them look pretty–rolled them in the glaze and the coconut. Then stuffed them with the filling. {And sampled just about every other donut hole I glazed. YIKES!!}

Make the dough: In a large bowl beat flour, sugar, baking powder, egg and vanilla together until dough forms. The dough will be slightly sticky.

Make the donuts

Pour 1" of oil into a large, heavy-bottomed saucepan and heat to just under medium heat.

Lightly coat hands with flour, then pinch off 1/2 inch round pieces of dough, roll until smooth and then drop into oil.

Let fry until bottom side is golden, then flip and fry until the other side is golden as well. Remove with a slotted spoon and place on a plate covered with paper towels. Once all the dough is fried, make the glaze.

Make the glaze

Whisk butter, powdered sugar, and vanilla together until smooth. Slowly whisk in 1 tbs of warm water at a time, until you reach a runny, glaze-like consistency.

Roll Donut Holes in glaze & coconut

Place shredded coconut on a large plate or shallow bowl.

Using two spoons roll each donut hole in the glaze, letting any excess run off, then roll each hole in the shredded coconut. Place on a sheet of wax paper to dry.

We seriously live right across the street from a grocery store. Right across the street. Do you know how many times I go to this store in a week? I really shouldn’t say, and Brett really doesn’t need to know.

But do you know what it’s like living across the street from a grocery store when you live with a two year old who knows that’s where the donuts are? Torture. For me and the two year old.

You’re probably wondering why on earth I would ever make donuts when I can walk right across the street to buy them? Because said two year old’s eyes lit right up when I asked him if he wanted to help mommy make donuts one Saturday morning. He’s never been so excited to help me make breakfast.

Kids will love helping with these!

All you need is a tube of refrigerated biscuit dough to get started. Separate the biscuits and roll each one out just a little bit.

Then, cut out a hole out of the center of each biscuit. I used the lid to our milk.

Brush the tops and sides of your donuts and donut holes with a little bit of melted butter or vegetable oil. Then pop in the oven for about 12 minutes at 375 degrees. Remove and frost with a glaze. You can have fun with this part and use any flavor or color of glaze, add sprinkles, etc. Or just dust with powdered sugar or cinnamon sugar.

But you know my boy’s a chocolate lover just like his momma. So we stuck with a simple chocolate glaze. They may not be the prettiest looking donut you’ve ever seen but believe me, your kids won’t care!

Easy Baked Biscuit Donuts

Ingredients

1 tube Pillsbury Refrigerator Buttermilk Biscuits

3-4 tbs melted butter or vegetable oil

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425. Separate biscuits and roll each one out to about 1/4 inch in thickness.

Cut a small hole out of the center of each biscuit using a small round cookie cutter, lid to a gallon of milk or other bottle.

Place on a cookie sheet lined with parchment paper. Lightly brush melted butter over the tops of each donut and each donut hole. Bake for 12-14 minutes OR until just barely golden.

In a medium saucepan combine butter, milk, corn syrup, and vanilla and stir over medium heat until butter is melted. Turn heat to low, add the chocolate, and whisk until melted.

Turn the heat off, add the powdered sugar, and whisk until smooth with no lumps. Place the mixture over a bowl of warm water and dip the doughnuts immediately. Allow glaze to set for 30 minutes before serving.**or be a rule breaker and enjoy warm:)